Were they too afraid a being swept by the Rays. Did they want to take a break and try to shift the momentum of the team. In any case, this early cancellation showed the organization is hobbling with their tail between their legs.

Were they too afraid a being swept by the Rays. Did they want to take a break and try to shift the momentum of the team. In any case, this early cancellation showed the organization is hobbling with their tail between their legs.Posted by jeanmean

JB I'm in CT. its raining steadily and is not expected to let up until after midnight. secondly, the conditions of the field may have played into the decision. do you want to chance the pitcher or an outfielder to injury this early on due to weather??? thirdly how many times have you heard fans complain they could have or should have called the game earlier before they got to the stadium and think they dont because they want to sell concessions? cant winlastly i dont think its how hard it's raining its if it will rain continually throughout the game. they usually never start a game if its expected to rain throughout

JB I'm in CT. its raining steadily and is not expected to let up until after midnight. secondly, the conditions of the field may have played into the decision. do you want to chance the pitcher or an outfielder to injury this early on due to weather??? thirdly how many times have you heard fans complain they could have or should have called the game earlier before they got to the stadium and think they dont because they want to sell concessions? cant win lastly i dont think its how hard it's raining its if it will rain continually throughout the game. they usually never start a game if its expected to rain throughoutPosted by J-BAY

I'm in CT too and yes it's raining here, but looking at the radar Boston shouldn't be any worse than the past couple of games when it rained later in the game. I agree that the field conditions played a large part in the decision being made, but then why did they spend all that money on field drainage a couple years ago?

As for your point about fans always complaining about how late the Sox wait to call of games, I think that speaks to my point of how this is unusual for the Sox to call of a game so early. Or perhaps I missed your point with that statement.

my understanding has always been, if the rain is suppose to continue throughout, with no window, they dont start. if it's not raining at the start of the game but its expected, if they feel they can get in the 5 innings to call it an official game, they start. it's the umpires call at game time. both teams are consulted if a rain delay or rain out is more than probable, to make an early decision. being the rubber game, tampa may have been in favor of it which may account for why it was called earlier than later. i could be wrong but i beleive MLB has to approve it also, i dont think the organization can just call it. it has not let up here all day which leads me to believe thats why they called it. could they play in it? probably but this early on and having 16 more games between them, why not play it at another time under better conditions? yankees and the mets called their games last night and the conditions werent any worse

my understanding has always been, if the rain is suppose to continue throughout, with no window, they dont start. if it's not raining at the start of the game but its expected, if they feel they can get in the 5 innings to call it an official game, they start. it's the umpires call at game time. both teams are consulted if a rain delay or rain out is more than probable, to make an early decision. being the rubber game, tampa may have been in favor of it which may account for why it was called earlier than later. i could be wrong but i beleive MLB has to approve it also, i dont think the organization can just call it. it has not let up here all day which leads me to believe thats why they called it. could they play in it? probably but this early on and having 16 more games between them, why not play it at another time under better conditions? yankees and the mets called their games last night and the conditions werent any worsePosted by J-BAY

That all makes sense, but 1 question for you. Are you in Northern CT or southern CT? I'm in Fairfield county and while it looked uninviting out, the showers were really scattered today with it being dry most of the day.

The only good post was " Go away troll". Why do you people bother with such nonsense?Posted by sunslav

WEEI:

Hall of Fame baseball reporter and MLB Network analyst Peter Gammons made his weekly appearance on the Mut & Merloni show Wednesday to talk about the Red Sox' struggles.

Gammons speculated that the Red Sox will attempt to call off Wednesday's game early due to both the rain and the team's need for a break. "A couple of days of breathers wouldn't be a bad thing at this point," he said

In Response to Re: Did Sox management chicken out of tonight's game? : That all makes sense, but 1 question for you. Are you in Northern CT or southern CT? I'm in Fairfield county and while it looked uninviting out, the showers were really scattered today with it being dry most of the day.Posted by JB-3

JB in live in new haven county but work in middlesex county. it rained all day and when i left work at 830, it was still raining, albeit lightly. now watching the boston news, still raining in boston got 1.5 inches. after what happened to josh hamilton yesterday, i'm glad it was. even with the 2-8 start, the team is healthy. the last thing they need is an injury. Lackey will be moved to pitch tuesday. lester will pitch sunday in place of dice k